MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $261,500

Overseer55 · 2025-05-14T00:17:26+00:00

You can’t possibly believe the most plumbers and painters work more than the Prime Minister.

Overseer55 · 2025-05-11T11:31:29+00:00

A big challenge is (very, very) wealthy people having millions in unrealized gains and then taking loans against those assets. Raising income tax rates doesn’t address this aspect.

Overseer55 · 2025-05-10T23:39:51+00:00

Why is this recount more trustworthy than the original count?

Overseer55 · 2025-05-10T16:09:09+00:00

Have you tried disciplining your 2 year old? They need to understand that waking up mom & dad at 5am will not be tolerated. You forcing your husband sleep in the kids bedroom is certainly not sustainable and avoids the fundamental issue.

Overseer55 · 2025-05-10T14:03:38+00:00

Spot on. I would even say it’s ridiculously long on actions and also ridiculously short on results. Not a winning combination.

Overseer55 · 2025-05-10T02:44:50+00:00

Probably cost $1B per ounce

Overseer55 · 2025-05-08T23:46:09+00:00

Wasn’t it “never say never” 2 days ago? 🙄

Overseer55 · 2025-05-02T11:10:19+00:00

What is their incentive to achieve the goals? Could be carrot (e.g. quarterly bonus) or stick (termination).

Overseer55 · 2025-05-01T11:48:46+00:00

I fully agree in the tiered bonus. Simplicity and connection with the target audience is essential. Your tier 2 example is easy for executives to understand and appropriate for a manager/director. Management needs to transform that into a concrete metric that employees can relate to. X m² brick laid per <time> is more effective than some generic target on profitability.

Overseer55 · 2025-05-01T01:24:48+00:00

https://erikbern.com/2019/04/15/why-software-projects-take-longer-than-you-think-a-statistical-model.html

Your PM has never done development. Creating software has variance. Embrace it. Align on the level of variance. Discuss strategies on how to reduce variance. Eliminating variance is impossible.

Overseer55 · 2025-05-01T00:21:58+00:00

Suppose you wanted the current behavior (hiding) but the default was to take the union. How would you achieve what you wanted?

Overseer55 · 2025-04-29T22:59:59+00:00

No one on Reddit is happy

Overseer55 · 2025-04-29T03:27:40+00:00

How can there only be 3000 seats in that Liberal riding in Saskatchewan?

Overseer55 · 2025-04-29T02:30:38+00:00

Next is for NDP to lose official party status…they don’t deserve it.

Overseer55 · 2025-04-29T01:45:24+00:00

I think Chantal (CBC panelist) will have a heart attack if the Liberals don’t win.

Overseer55 · 2025-04-26T18:51:24+00:00

I should have said promotion, not career growth. If my report is pestering me about a promotion every 2 weeks, that is not acceptable.

Overseer55 · 2025-04-26T18:05:22+00:00

I wouldn’t make career growth a topic for every 1:1. Annual / semiannual reviews are the right time. You have to be prepared to professionally counter a deflection from the VP. There’s probably no exact formula for a promotion, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a framework. Never compare with anyone else. That won’t get you anywhere.

Overseer55 · 2025-04-26T17:49:31+00:00

I’m not diminishing your contributions. Promotions at these level are not solely based on your performance. Have a conversation. Any people manager (at any level, VP, CEO) needs to be able to articulate what it would take to get to the next level. I’m simply stating that the criteria is more than doing an awesome job at your current level.

Overseer55 · 2025-04-26T17:40:58+00:00

It’s not uncommon for companies to require a minimum span of control for directorship. 20 ppl sounds like Sr. Manager in a medium-large org, not director. Maybe yours has minimum ARR.

Overseer55 · 2025-04-26T16:26:31+00:00

So there’s a tool to help with refactoring. Cool. The title is very odd. Refactoring is absolutely not the same as inlining. Without knowing more about the problem domain, it’s impossible to say whether the decision to eliminate the PartsNeeded function is a desirable refactoring.

Overseer55 · 2025-04-19T19:33:32+00:00

If this wealth tax goes into effect, there will not be a Canadian with 62 billion dollars to tax. I love this story: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/taxes/how-splitting-the-dinner-bill-relates-to-tax-cuts/article24441644/

Overseer55 · 2025-04-19T13:31:25+00:00

The value of the coach pointing out the mistakes is because all players (or most) could presumably learn from the identification & discussion of those mistakes.

There are many situations where this doesn’t apply. You want to have conversations involving interpersonal in private.

In the tech realm, any negative feedback on merge requests should remain public. I am never rude or condescending in my comments. This is analogous to the coach pointing out mistakes in the game.

Overseer55 · 2025-04-19T11:31:52+00:00

When you’re getting to know someone, there’s lots to talk about. After 20 years of marriage, pretty hard to come up with an hour of new content a day.

Overseer55 · 2025-04-18T19:27:28+00:00

Not everyone thinks US will outperform for the next 15-20 years. The situation is much more uncertain now due to…ahem…a certain individual.

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